Kinski And I
Event Date: 16/09/2015, 07:30 pm
Sydney Fringe Festival 2015 The Banned Writings of The World’s Most Depraved Movie Star
Klaus Kinski was one of the most successful screen actors of all time. He was also a bona fide sex addict and an absolute maniac. His memoir was pulped because it was so extreme. But CJ Johnson, ABC Film Critic and host of ABC’s Movieland, has one of the very few existing original copies, and he brings it to life in a multi-media smorgasbord of depravity - and hilarity.
While working with some of the world’s greatest directors and making an astonishing 135 films, (including five with Werner Herzog), Kinski lived such an extreme life that any single day he might end up in a stranger’s bed, a brawl, a prison cell, an accident, a pregnancy or a lawsuit. He and Herzog achieved mythic status with their films Aguirre, Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu and Woyzek. But behind the scenes, these two fought in such extremity that they - literally - nearly had each other killed.
Devised and Performed by CJ Johnson
Directed by Michael Pigott
Soundscape by David Stalley
Videoscape by Laura Turner
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